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Tories have always had a fear of political extinction. After the next election, they could be right

Even grandees are bracing for the worst. But such apocalyptic language around the party is nothing new, says author Samuel Earle

The Guardian - UK

Teaming up to save threatened squirrel gliders from local extinction

19 males and 18 females were found across two reserves.

Newcastle Herald

Britain’s natural landscape is in ruins – thanks to the Tories. Here’s how Labour will restore it

Sewage pollutes our waterways, species face extinction. We must act fast to halt the decline – and we will, writes the shadow environment secretary, Steve Reed

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Tiny freshwater Snowy Mountains fish faces extinction, environmentalists say

The Yalmy galaxias is ‘on the verge of disappearing for ever’ and Labor on the brink of failing to meet its zero extinctions target

The Guardian - AU

Why is it taking so long to fix our crap environment laws — and why aren’t people ‘chill’ about it?

Interrogating the delay to address our inadequate environment laws, what was originally promised, and why the government seems to be dragging its feet.

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In Amazon rainforest, Peru's ancient shihuahuaco trees are under threat

The shihuahuaco tree is one of the giants of the Amazon rainforest, reaching heights of up to 60 metres. But it is coveted for its hardwood, one of the most precious and sought-after types of wood in the world. Peru exports it to China, but also to Europe and in…

France 24

Protesters Arrested At Massachusetts Airport For Climate Activism

Protesters arrested at Hanscom Field Airport for opposing private jet hangar expansion by Extinction Rebellion. Environmental concerns raised amid record-b...

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The US scientists bringing back the Woolly Mammoth - Tech & Science Daily podcast

Colossal Biosciences explain the complex science behind ‘de-extinction’ and reveal their target date for the first woolly mammoth calf.

Evening Standard

‘These birds are telling us something serious is happening’: the songbirds disappearing from Britain’s woods

The dramatic decline of marsh tits in an ancient Cambridgeshire woodland is a story repeated across the UK as human activity drives species towards extinction

The Guardian - UK

Rare white rhino saved from extinction

New research from the San Diego Zoo using just 12 frozen cells suggests we can protect the northern white rhino

Salon

Labor accused of broken promise after delaying laws to address Australia’s extinction crisis

Tanya Plibersek says two new agencies will be established but a commitment to rewrite national environment laws has been pushed back

The Guardian - AU

Are we in a 6th mass extinction?

If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.

LiveScience

Top environmental groups say some of Labor’s new laws could take conservation backwards

Alliance says there’s not enough ambition in proposed laws to prevent extinctions, as promised by the environment minister

The Guardian - AU

Mass die-off half a billion years ago caused by shifting tectonic plates, ancient rocks reveal

A large extinction in the midst of the expansion of life during the Cambrian period was caused by the tectonics of a supercontinent, new research argues.

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Dinosaur data: can the bones of the deep past help predict extinctions of the future?

Millions of years ago, animals adapted to become warm-blooded amid huge climactic changes. Now scientists hope these clues from the past could help us understand what lies ahead

The Guardian - UK

The shrill carder: once-common bumblebee heading for extinction

Bombus sylvarum is now found in only a few pockets as intensive farming destroys UK wildflower habitats

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The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change

Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals

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Greta Thunberg Detained In Dutch Protest Against Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained in The Hague protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies. Extinction Rebellion activists blocked roads in demonstr...

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Extinction Rebellion co-founder avoids jail term for drone action near Heathrow

Roger Hallam and two other activists given suspended sentences at Isleworth crown court in London

Evening Standard

Extinction Rebellion co-founder spared jail over conspiracy to close Heathrow

Roger Hallam and other eco-activists wanted backing for the protest, launched under the name Heathrow Pause, to go viral, the court heard previously

WEKU

'We want to help': Why climate activists are trying something new

A recent disruption at An Enemy of the People on Broadway by Extinction Rebellion shows a new approach to climate change activism.

The Hindu

Bird species exploded after dinos’ doom, largest yet bird genetics study says

New study shows that most of the modern groups of birds first appeared within 5 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

The Guardian - UK

Invertebrate of the year 2024: all hail Earth’s spineless heroes

Highly diverse and charismatic, these creatures deserve recognition as a sixth great extinction dawns

AAP

Whether environment laws can stop extinction examined

The environment minister's work to reform biodiversity laws will be scrutinised as the Greens call for more action on protecting wildlife.

AAP

New plans to protect bilbies from extinction

Introduced predators such as foxes and feral cats will be targeted in programs designed to help save the bilby from extinction.

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